St. Mary's College was a Catholic institution established by William Byrne and George Elder in Elder's hometown of Hardin's Creek near Lebanon in Marion County, Kentucky. The community was later renamed "St. Mary" after the college. St. Mary's is now closed. It operated between 1821 and 1976. Before it closed, it was the third oldest operating Catholic college for boys in the nation. The St. Mary's College Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Historic district

The "St. Mary's College Historic District" is a

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which included 12

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. With

Notable alumni

* Clement S. Hill, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky * Ben Johnson, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky * Elisha Standiford, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky *

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, Union Army General and U.S. Congressman from Kentucky *

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of the Catholic Church, served as

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from 1982 to 1996 * Martin John Spalding,

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(1850–1864) and Archbishop of Baltimore (1864–1872) * John Lancaster Spalding, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877 to 1908 * Augustus Hill Garland,

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and

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* Thomas James Churchill, Confederate major general during the American Civil War and the

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Governor of the state of Arkansas *

Stanislaus P. La Lumiere Stanislaus P. La Lumiere (1822 - 1895) was a Roman Catholic priest and President of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Biography La Lumiere was born Stanislaus Petty La Lumiere on February 13, 1822, in Vincennes, Indiana. After at ...

, President of Marquette University

References

*''The Catholic Encyclopedia''.
William Byrne
. *Lewis, Alvin Fayette. ''History of Higher Education in Kentucky''. G.P.O., 1899. *Lmunet.edu

. *Johnson, E. Polk. ''A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities''
pp. 627 ff.
Lewis Publishing Company, 1912. Accessed 10 November 2008.

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